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The WPIAL Basketball steering committee will meet Monday morning to finalize the 12 tournament brackets. Those pairings are expected to be released mid-afternoon Monday and we’ll post the links and first-round match-ups shortly after the League posts them. The brackets will include 24 Washington/Greene County teams, 12 girls squads and 12 boys. Here’s a class by class listing of those teams, how many total teams will be in each WPIAL bracket and the number of teams advancing to the PIAA Tournament. WPIAL Brackets (when available)

Girls (10 Washington County, 2 Greene County)
6A (9 WPIAL, 3 PIAA) Canon-McMillan
5A (16-8) Peters Township, Trinity
4A (14-6) none qualified
3A (15-6) McGuffey, Waynesburg
2A (16-7) Bentworth, Beth-Center, Burgettstown, California, Chartiers-Houston, Fort Cherry
1A (11-6) West Greene

Boys (9 Washington County, 3 Greene County)
6A (11-4) none qualified
5A (19-8) Peters Township, Ringgold
4A (14-5) none qualified
3A (16-7) Charleroi, Wash High, Waynesburg
2A (19-8) Bentworth, Beth-Center, Chartiers-Houston, Fort Cherry, Jeff-Morgan, West Greene
1A (8-4) Avella

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have won the franchise’s second Super Bowl, and defense was the driving force behind this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye in Seattle’s 29-13 win on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Sam Darnold tossed a touchdown pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers set a Super Bowl record by making all five of his field-goal tries. Seattle’s “Dark Side” defense helped Darnold become the first quarterback in the 2018 draft class to win a Super Bowl.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kenneth Walker III is running into free agency with a Super Bowl MVP. Walker capped a prolific postseason with another big performance on the ground to help the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 for a championship. While the defense carried Seattle for much of the postseason, Walker was once again the engine of the offense by rushing for 135 yards and adding 26 receiving for his third straight 100-yard game from scrimmage in the postseason. He became the first running back since Terrell Davis 28 years ago to win Super Bowl MVP.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chris Gotterup shot 7-under 64 and won the Phoenix Open with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff Sunday after Hideki Matsuyama pulled his tee shot into the water. The leader by one heading into the final round, Matsuyama had converted all of his previous five 54-hole leads into wins, but limped to the finish at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course. The two-time Phoenix Open champion nearly hit his tee shot in the on 17 and pulled his drive on 18 left into the church pew bunkers. Matsuyama hit his second shot into the face of the bunker and couldn’t get up-and-down for par. He shot 68 to match Gotterup at 16-under 268. Gotterup also won the season-opening Sony Open.